35mm Holga? 2525 Responses

Last post: 8 months ago | Thread started: Dec 10, 07, 10:04 a.m.

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• nicnichols

  Anyone get their hands on one yet? How is it? the Lomo Shop is sold out!

  Dec 10, 07, 10:04 a.m. – Permalink

• TheBlueOne

  damn hipsters and their crappy Lomos...

  • Holga isn't a Lomo.– rabattski1/3

    Damn hipsters and their crappy Holgas...– TheBlueOne2/3

    Haha!– rabattski3/3

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 10:05 a.m. – Permalink

• loaf

  just go to thrift store and buy a plastic crappy give-away camera.. same thing.. same look you are going for... i bought a Time-life plastic 35mm this weekend.. the quality of the imagery is very cool.. I actually ripped apart the lens and built a mount for my D200. i always thought holga's optics quality was too good.. i like the Diana cameras.. i wonder what the quality is of the new ones..

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 11:20 a.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  So Blue I am guessing you won't be making the plunge for x-mas?
  I don't shoot 35mm... but was thinking of grabbing one of these just for the hell of it.. and rigging my Holga ring flash to it.. we'll see...
  .. as for the new Diana's, they are slightly better- the lens is cleaner and crisper.. def grab and old one if you can.. how did that lens for the D200 work out loaf?

  • I'll plunge is someone buys me one
    :)– TheBlueOne

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• skwiotsmith

  Holga 35mm Camera
  http://shop.lomography.com/shop/…

  Holga 120 35mm Adaptor
  http://shop.lomography.com/shop/…

  • Also, should point out that there is a free alternative that you can find floating around the internet, but, well, you get what you pay for.– skwiotsmith

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 1 p.m. – Permalink

• ok_not_ok

  Holga's are ok but if you can snag an Olympus XA go grab it! It's like a rangefinder Holga.

  

  • it's not a 'rangefinder holga.' it's a rangefinder! xa's are pretty well regarded for optical quality, unlike holgas...– bigtrick1/3

    i own the XA and a few holgas.... definately not in the same league– jsds2/3

    Big difference between the XA and XA2 shown btw.– seed3/3

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 1:31 p.m. – Permalink

• demafleez

  i bought one a few years ago for the novelty of it. needless to say, the thing had a few light leaks. so get yourself some black tape when ordering.

  • i think thats the whole point. (if you're referring to the holga)– menos

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 1:33 p.m. – Permalink

• loaf

  the holga lens for the d200 worked out OK.. the problems is that it is lens for a medium format camera.. the coverage is different.. you don't get that nice fall off like you do using a real holga or a Diana.. that is why i am trying to build some with crappy 35mm cameras.. i started one this weekend.. it shows promise.. very similar to the feel of the Lensbabies.. i basically used this guys template for building one.. i like the screw factor for being able to focus somewhat.. http://www.pbase.com/orbitalbox/…

  • ...why would you want to o this, anyway?– menos

  

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  Dog-earDec 10, 07, 1:45 p.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  Just came in the mail.. now I have to track down some 35 film.. demafleez.. you get any good images with it?

  

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  Dog-earDec 20, 07, 12:49 p.m. – Permalink

• ross

  ive put 35 in my holga before.
  turns out pretty cool.

  • fills up the whole negative, right? I haven't tried this yet...– menos

  

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  Dog-earDec 20, 07, 12:56 p.m. – Permalink

• menos

  alright, I'm kinda stumped here... if you buy a holga (or any of the lomo cameras, for that matter) you SHOULD be expecting that trademark lomography 'look': light leaks, vignetting, over-saturated colors etc etc etc... I don't understand why you'd put a holga lens on a d200, for example, or why anyone would be expecting anything less of what is clearly the single most defining attribute of the whole lomography trend...it's unpredictable image quality.

  • to get the "trademark lomography look", of course!– bigtrick1/4

    YEY!– menos2/4

    lo-fi is the new black.– bigtrick3/4

    film is dead and i don't understand why somebody would spend 70 bucks on crappy plastic camera because it says HOLGA or DIANA..– loaf4/4

  

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  Dog-earDec 20, 07, 1:03 p.m. – Permalink

• Mimio

  I knew some photographers in school who would digitally add the polaroid style edges to their digital images. So lame.

  • The p/n 55 film kind. Not the 600 window type.– Mimio1/2

    why is that any different than treating a photo in any other way?– ross2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 20, 07, 1:05 p.m. – Permalink

• nicnichols

  Like I always say.. if you need to add cheap effects to your image, you didn't start with a good image...

  Shoot a Holga. Shoot Film.

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 11:20 a.m. – Permalink

• loaf

  why would i put a holga lens on a digi? film is dead.. light leaks.. that is what gaffers tape is for.. I do agree that the randomness is somewhat gone.. but from a working photographer standpoint.. that is not really a bad thing.. planned happy accidents are a good thing. i was trained a photographer with film.. i don't want to go back into the dark room.. i spent plenty of years doing it.. .. or spend 2.50 a polaroid for my large format cameras.. it is about the image making.. what is the big deal? what makes holga's and diana's appealing is the optics.. so why not try and adopt the optics..

  i don't quite understand why people spend the money on the these over priced toy cameras? the thrift store is full of old and interesting cameras.. I guess it is all about being cool and having the right artsy fartsy name on your camera.. like the jack white lomo..

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 12:30 p.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  Just buy it at your local U.O. like the rest of us hipsters, pick up a copy of MIA cd, a pair of 80s fluo shades, and a scarf while you are it, then come and join us at the park!

  

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 12:56 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  bottom line is that it 100% doesn't matter how you get the end results.

  period.

  if you want a low-fi look use a low-fi camera - or - shoot a high quality image and dumb it down.

  chose the work flow that best suits your needs and carry on.

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 1:06 p.m. – Permalink

• seed

  You can turn a Holga into a 35mm with a little mod too.

  • I see that was mentioned above now.– seed

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 1:32 p.m. – Permalink

• Randd

  can't they just make a Holga ps plugin for your canon?

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 1:46 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dav…

  • bwahaha– Randd

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• loaf

  ha.. that is funny..

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  funny thing is people pay for actions like that....

  

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  Dog-earDec 21, 07, 3:44 p.m. – Permalink